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President Barack Obama says U.S. corporations that adopt foreign addresses to avoid taxes are unpatriotic. His own administration helped one $20 billion American company do just that.
As part of the bailout of the auto industry in 2009, Obama's Treasury Department authorized spending $1.7 billion of government funds to get a bankrupt Michigan parts-maker back on its feet — as a British company. While executives continue to run Delphi Automotive Plc from a Detroit suburb, the paper headquarters in England potentially reduces the company's U.S. tax bill by as much as $110 million a year.
The Obama administration's role in aiding Delphi's escape from the U.S. tax system may complicate the president's new campaign against corporate expatriation. After a wave of companies announced plans to shift addresses this year, Obama last month labeled the firms "corporate deserters."
The Delphi case also highlights how little attention the administration paid to the tax avoidance technique until recently. Only this year did Obama include a measure in his annual budget proposal to prevent some tax-driven address changes, which are known as "inversions." Thanks to gaps in a Congressional ban on contracts with inverted companies, his administration continues to award more than $1 billion annually in government business to more than a dozen corporate expats.
IRS Case
The Obama administration is now trying to rescind the tax benefits of the Delphi deal that it helped broker. In June, the Internal Revenue Service told Delphi that the 2009 address change should be disregarded for tax purposes, and that Delphi must pay taxes as a U.S. company. Delphi says in a securities filing that it will "vigorously contest" the IRS' demand.
"The recent rise in inversion transactions has the IRS and Treasury and the president understandably rattled, so they're now trying to play catch up," said Julie Roin, a tax professor at University of Chicago Law School. "They were worried about other things in 2009."
U.S. companies have been inverting for decades. The pace of departures began to quicken about two years ago, as a series of drugmakers sought to become Irish. The issue caught the attention of lawmakers and the Obama administration this year. The companies are trying to escape the country's 35 percent corporate income tax rate, the highest in the developed world.
With some of the country's biggest companies, including Deerfield, Illinois-based Walgreen Co. and New York-based Pfizer Inc., having considered such plans, legislators are increasingly concerned that the U.S. corporate income tax base will dwindle. One Congressional estimate puts the cost of inaction at $19.5 billion in forgone revenue over the next decade.
Examining Options
The Treasury Department said that it is examining options for curbing inversions that wouldn't require Congress to act. Such changes could limit inverted companies' ability to claim interest deductions that reduce their U.S. taxable income.
To be sure, the administration's goal in helping Delphi in 2009 was to prop up its main customer, Detroit-based General Motors Co. — not the corporate tax base. The Treasury Department said at the time that it wouldn't micro-manage GM or force changes for government policy reasons, although it did intervene in the politically sensitive area of executive pay.
Adam Hodge, a Treasury Department spokesman, said the department's work with Delphi was limited to providing funding through GM in order to shore up a crucial supplier for the automaker.
Saving Car Industry
"We weren't involved in that decision regarding the tax implications in their emergence from bankruptcy," he said, adding that he got his information from the former Treasury officials who worked on the bailout. "We were focused on trying to save the auto industry."
He declined to answer specific questions, citing the pending IRS dispute. Timothy Geithner, the Treasury secretary during Obama's first term, also declined to comment.
Claudia Tapia, a Delphi spokeswoman, declined to comment on the IRS dispute or the government's role in Delphi's address change. The company's shares have more than tripled since a 2011 initial public offering.
"Delphi was on its deathbed. They had to do something to keep the company from being liquidated," Roin said. The favorable tax treatment may have helped save Delphi, she said.
Delphi's official home base is now an hour's train ride east of London, at a plant and research compound in the county of Kent. Inside windowless gray factory walls, workers in navy blue uniforms make pumps for diesel engines. Employees there said last week that top executives rarely visit.
Delphi's Beginnings
These days, most U.S. companies trying to escape the domestic tax system do so by buying a smaller company abroad and adopting its address. Delphi took a different route, through a courtroom in Manhattan.
The journey began in 1999, when GM, the largest U.S. automaker, spun off some of its parts-making operation as an independent company. The plan was to separate Delphi so that it could thrive on its own, supplying not just GM but rivals around the world.
That didn't work out so well. Saddled with legacy obligations to union workers, Delphi filed for bankruptcy protection in federal court in 2005. By 2009, with the nation in recession and GM itself tottering, Delphi was still limping along in bankruptcy, sustained by occasional cash infusions from GM.
Rescue Loans
Facing the worst car market in decades, GM and Auburn Hills, Michigan-based Chrysler were themselves running out of cash. Some officials said they feared an economic catastrophe if the automakers were forced to liquidate and put hundreds of thousands out of work.
In December 2008, the outgoing Bush administration approved $17.4 billion in rescue loans for GM and Chrysler. In February, Obama assembled a task force led by Steven Rattner, a Wall Street financier, to oversee the bailout.
The Treasury task force had broad authority at the automakers, because the terms of the government loans propping them up gave it veto power over major decisions.
One of the team's first jobs was to fix Delphi. GM still depended on its former subsidiary for crucial parts like steering assemblies. A liquidation of the supplier could end up shutting down many of GM's assembly lines, too. But the team members didn't want GM to dump money into Delphi indefinitely. In March, the night before GM was slated to get court approval to hand over another $150 million to Delphi, the task force rejected the plan. Delphi would get no more cash from GM unless it was part of an exit from bankruptcy.
Platinum Deal
Negotiations ensued between Rattner's task force, GM, Delphi's executives, and its creditors.
By June 1, the task force found a solution it could endorse: the bulk of Delphi's assets would be sold to Platinum Equity LLC, a Los Angeles-based private-equity firm. GM would provide most of the financing, and then separately would buy Delphi's steering unit and four U.S. factories.
In his 2010 book about the bailout, "Overhaul," Rattner credits his team with sealing the Platinum deal, working through sleepless nights to "put the parts company onto a glide path toward successful resolution."
Tax-Friendly Luxembourg
He doesn't mention one detail of the transaction that was disclosed three weeks after the Platinum agreement in a public court filing: Platinum was considering registering the new Delphi in tax-friendly Luxembourg rather than in the U.S. The following month, Platinum took steps to carry out the plan, dispatching lawyers to register two Luxembourg entities. Both bore the name Platinum used for its Delphi project: Parnassus, the mountain in Greece where, according to legend, the oracle of Delphi issued her prophecies.
Meanwhile, GM made its own trip through bankruptcy court to shed its debts. On July 10, 2009, it emerged under the formal control of the Treasury Department, which had swapped some of its debt for stock and now held 61 percent of the shares. Rattner stepped down, and his task force began disbanding, handing much of its authority to a reconstituted GM board.
In an interview, Rattner said as far as he can remember, he wasn't aware of any plan for Delphi to take a foreign address until Bloomberg News asked him about it a few weeks ago. He said others on his team handled the details of the Delphi negotiations, which he said contributed to the industry's revival.
"The companies are making money. They're hiring more workers. The whole supplier base, including Delphi, is doing well," Rattner said. "In 2009, they were about to evaporate from the planet."
Platinum Out
The deal with Platinum soon ran into trouble.
Creditors including Elliott Management, the hedge fund run by New York billionaire Paul E. Singer, said Platinum was buying the company too cheap. So Elliott and another hedge fund, Greenwich, Connecticut-based Silver Point Capital LP, put in their own bid for the company, offering to swap their debt for new shares. On July 26, 2009, they agreed with GM to cut Platinum out of the deal.
In some ways, the Elliott deal was similar to the one Rattner's task force approved the previous month. GM would provide crucial financing for the new company — a $1.7 billion direct investment in its equity, making it a shareholder alongside the hedge funds. GM would also buy the steering business and other assets for about $1.1 billion.
All this spending would depend on the Treasury Department's approval. After it emerged from bankruptcy, GM ended up with $16 billion of Treasury Department funds in a special escrow account that could be tapped only with the government's blessing.
Another detail remained the same as well: GM and the hedge funds agreed to register the new Delphi in Luxembourg or another, mutually agreeable foreign country.
Complex Discussions
The agreement was "the result of complex and extensive arms-length discussions among Delphi and its various stakeholder groups," including creditors, GM, and the Treasury Department, Delphi said in a July 27, 2009, court filing.
A few weeks later, Elliott and Silver Point dispatched lawyers in London to register a new limited-liability partnership, Delphi Automotive LLP, using the law firm's address near Finsbury Square.
In October, GM, with authorization from the Treasury Department, pumped $1.7 billion from its government escrow account into its new English partnership with the hedge funds. GM's contribution entitled it to about half of the initial cash generated by Delphi, dropping to about 35 percent over time.
English Home Base
England wasn't an obvious choice as a new home base. For years, Delphi had sought to diversify its customer base and shift production to lower-cost nations around the world; only about 5 percent of its workforce remained in the U.S. Still, the U.S. was its biggest market, and GM its largest customer. Most top executives lived near the company's headquarters in Michigan. Delphi had some factories and employees in the U.K., but it had more in the U.S. And the three lead investors in the new Delphi — Elliott, Silver Point, and GM — were all American.
One reason for choosing England was its tax system, according to two people who were involved in the discussions and who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is politically sensitive. Given Delphi's long struggle to achieve viability, a lower tax rate would give it a "fighting chance," one of the people said.
Lower Corporate Taxes
Along with Ireland and the Netherlands, the U.K. is becoming increasingly popular with companies seeking to flee the U.S. system. In addition to Pfizer, AbbVie Inc., an Illinois drugmaker with a market value of about $85 billion, announced plans last month to become a U.K. taxpayer.
The U.K. not only has a lower corporate tax rate — 21 percent — than the U.S., but it taxes companies only on their domestic earnings. U.S. companies must pay taxes on the profits of their foreign operations — a major hindrance for Delphi, whose factories are spread around the world.
Judge Robert Drain, who approved the sale in bankruptcy court, declined to comment. Spokesmen at Elliott and Silver Point also declined to comment, and Mark Barnhill, a partner at Platinum, didn't respond to requests for comment.
Hedge Funds Win
The Delphi takeover proved to be a huge win for the hedge funds, and for Treasury-controlled GM. Stripped of its debts and its U.S. tax domicile, the company surged in value.
GM sold its stake back to Delphi in 2011, recognizing a $1.6 billion after-tax gain. Elliott did even better, according to the New York Post. Singer's fund turned a $300 million investment into $1.3 billion by the time Delphi sold shares to the public that year, the Post reported at the time.
After Delphi got its New York Stock Exchange listing in 2011, its stock continued to advance. With a market capitalization of about $20 billion, it's now among the biggest and most profitable U.S. corporate expatriates.
Going public required Delphi to switch from partnership to corporate form. Becoming a U.K. corporation, though, would have required an accounting change that could have threatened its eligibility for inclusion in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index of the largest U.S. companies. Instead, Delphi incorporated in the tiny English Channel island of Jersey, a self-governing Crown dependency that didn't require the accounting change. Still, Delphi retained an English address for tax purposes.
Under U.K. law, a company incorporated elsewhere can be deemed domestic if it's "managed and controlled" from there. Chief Executive Officer Rodney O'Neal, 60, an Ohio native who studied engineering at a GM-sponsored college, continues to work in Troy, Michigan, along with most of his top officers.
Delphi meets the "managed and controlled" requirement by holding the majority of its board meetings in England, said Tapia, the Delphi spokeswoman. Ten of the 11 Delphi board members are Americans. The other is from Germany.
IRS Notice
One cloud on Delphi's horizon is the IRS case.
In September 2009, just before GM and the creditors bought Delphi, the IRS surprised them by issuing a notice interpreting a five-year-old law meant to prevent companies from shifting their legal addresses offshore. This reading of the law threatened to imperil the tax benefit of Delphi's shift to England. In securities filings, Delphi said its lawyers disagree with the interpretation.
In June of this year, the tax agency sent Delphi a notice saying that it is still a U.S. company for tax purposes. Although the back taxes it would owe wouldn't be material, Delphi said in a securities filing, its future annualized effective tax rate would rise to 20 percent to 22 percent if the IRS prevails. That's well below the U.S. statutory rate of 35 percent, but 3 to 5 points more than the effective rate of 17 percent Delphi paid last year. Most U.S. companies pay less than the statutory rate because of various breaks, including tax credits and deferred taxes on foreign earnings.
Tax Costs
Analysts expect Delphi to earn about $2.2 billion before taxes next year, according to the median estimate of 12 surveyed by Bloomberg. Based on that estimate, an additional 3 to 5 percentage points in its tax rate would cost Delphi $66 million to $110 million. The analysts expect pre-tax profit to increase the following year. The IRS declined to comment.
Companies renouncing their U.S. tax citizenship became a front-page issue in April, when the drugmaker Pfizer announced plans for a British address. A few days later, Rattner wrote a column in the New York Times urging Congress to revamp the tax code, and take quick action in the meantime to prevent such tax flights.
"These days, tax avoidance feels like a full-fledged business strategy, with American citizens as the losers," he wrote.
President Obama took up the theme last month in a speech at a college in Los Angeles, where he called for an end to what he called an "unpatriotic tax loophole."
"My attitude is I don't care if it's legal — it's wrong," the president said. "You shouldn't get to call yourself an American company only when you want a handout from American taxpayers.
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This week Peter Donegan talks to one of the best know people in horticulture in Ireland, Gerry Daly. Gerry has been the editor of The Irish Garden magazine since 1991 and has also established the sister company to the magazine Garden.ie. Gerry shares his thoughts and insight on an industry he has been at the helm since the early 80's.
This week we also head back to to Kildare and hear from David Corscadden who talks about the great sunshine we have at the moment and the work it is creating for gardeners. He also tells us about a recent trip to the Botanic Gardens and his search for garden inspiration. All that, so much only on Ireland's only [and award winning] garden radio show, The Sodshow.
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President Barack Obama wipes his eye as he speaks during a previously unannounced appearance in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Dec. 4, 2012
An emotional President Barack Obama led the nation in mourning the victims of an elementary school massacre on Friday, speaking from the White House following the shooting in Newtown, Conn.
The president not only pledged to assist investigations into the shooting, but also became openly emotional upon reflecting upon the many school children killed or injured in today's mass shooting.
"The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10-years-old," he said, pausing to wipe away a tear. "They had their entire lives ahead of them -- birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own."
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"Our hearts are broken today, for the parents, grandparents, sisters and brothers of these little children," Obama added, "as well as the families of the adults who were lost."
The president said that he has become all too familiar with making statements of grief following mass shooting incidents, referencing recent events at a mall this week in Oregon, at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin in August, and at a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., in August.
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Those events -- along with a January 2011 attack in Arizona that severely injured then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and left six others dead -- have done little to provoke political action to rein in gun violence.
"As a country, we have been through this too many times," he said.
In his remarks Friday, the president suggested that the time might have come for some sort of work to prevent similar tragedies.
"We're going to have to come together to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics," he said.
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The second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history sent crying children spilling into the school parking lot as frightened parents waited for word on their loved ones.
In the meanwhile, the president said he was in contact with Connecticut Gov. Dan Malloy and other government officials to provide them with adequate resources. Obama also ordered that flags be flown at half-staff through sunset on Dec. 18.
"While nothing can fill the space of a lost loved one or a child, all of us can extend a hand to those in need," reminded the president.


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Why the name Jicky? From his student days, Aimé Guerlain kept the enamoured memory of a young woman named Jicky to whom he paid a beautiful homage with one of his most wonderful olfactory creations. By pure coincidence, the diminutive of his nephew Jacques was also Jicky.
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BGE tree-trimming program to curtail potential power outages
Baltimore Gas and Electric is coming up with ways to hopefully have fewer outages when there is a storm by taking on an aggressive tree-trimming program.
The derecho storm that hit Maryland on June 29 caused massive power outages throughout the area.
More than 760,000 BGE customers lost their power. Many of the outages were caused by trees and tree limbs falling on BGE lines.
"The overwhelming majority of outages was clearly not just tree limbs, but whole trees that were coming down on top of our lines, and no tree-trimming is going to hurricane- or derecho-proof a system," BGE spokesman Rob Gould said.
Now the Public Service Commission has new regulations on tree-trimming around power lines and power substations.
"There can be no overhanging branches of any species, of any kind. In the past, we would permit strong branches that we felt were not an imminent threat to exist. Now, they can no longer exist," BGE forester Roger Cordell said. "We would lose all feeders out of this substation. That's why it's critical that we eliminate as many threats as possible from trees."
Cordell said that could mean as many as 1,000 customers per feeder. Around one substation, almost all the trees were gone.
"By removing all the overhanging branches from that substation to first protect the device, we can minimize the amount of customers that are affected," BGE forester Stuart Devine said.
The new tree-trimming effort will hopefully reduce the number of power outages when another storm hits.
"If we can protect those substations, we will go a long way to mitigating the outages that we will experience, no doubt, in the future when we have storms such as a hurricane or derecho that come through," Gould said.
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Sometimes you gotta take a break from the hard-core carnivordom, and these are the way to go—just ask our staff, who eat them around the clock. These balls happen to be Mike's favorite too. You'll often find us at the bar with a big bowl, topped with Classic Tomato Sauce or Spinach Basil Pesto and a side of steamed or sautéed spinach. And when it comes to kids, this is a great and tasty way to sneak in more veggies.
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- Makes about 2 dozen 1 1/2-inch balls
- 2 cups lentils
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 8 ounces Button Mushrooms, wiped clean and sliced
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1/4 cup finely chopped walnuts
- Combine the lentils and 2 quarts water in a medium stockpot and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the lentils are soft (but not falling apart), about 25 minutes. Drain the lentils and allow to cool.
- Add 1/4 cup of the olive oil to a large frying pan and sauté the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, thyme, and salt over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, for about 10 minutes, until the vegetables are tender and just beginning to brown. Add the tomato paste and continue to cook, stirring constantly, for 3 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook, stirring frequently, for 15 more minutes, or until all the liquid is absorbed. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl and allow to cool to room temperature. When cool, add the lentils to the vegetable mixture.
- Add the eggs, Parmesan, bread crumbs, parsley, and walnuts to the cooled vegetable mixture and mix by hand until thoroughly incorporated. Place in the refrigerator for 25 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Drizzle the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil into a 9×13-inch baking dish and use your hand to evenly coat the entire surface. Set aside.
- Roll the mixture into round, golf ball-size meatballs (about 1 1/2 inches), making sure to pack the vegetable mixture firmly. Place the balls in the prepared baking dish, allowing 1/4-inch of space between the balls and place them in even rows vertically and horizontally to form a grid.
- Roast for 30 minutes, or until the meatballs are firm and cooked through.
- Allow the meatballs to cool for 5 minutes in the baking dish before serving.
Reprinted with permission from The Meatball Shop Cookbook by Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow with Lauren Deen. Copyright © 2011 by Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow; photographs copyright © 2011 by John Kernick. Published by Ballantine Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved.
Daniel Holzman is executive chef at The Meatball Shop. He is an alum of Le Bernadin, San Francisco's Fifth Floor, and Aqua, among other highly acclaimed restaurants. He attended the Culinary Institute of America, where he received a full scholarship from the James Beard Foundation.
Michael Chernow runs the front-of-house operations and the beverage program at The Meatball Shop. He has worked extensively in restaurants in New York and Los Angeles. He is a graduate of the French Culinary Institute, where he earned degrees in culinary arts and restaurant management. He and Holzman met as teenagers when they worked together as delivery boys at the New York vegan restaurant Candle Café. Needless to say, the vegan thing didn't really stick.
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For Immediate Release, July 13, 2012
Contact: Rebecca Noblin, (907) 274-1110
ANCHORAGE, Alaska— The multinational oil company Shell has admitted that its Arctic drillship Noble Discoverer cannot meet the air-quality emissions standards in its Clean Air Act permit from the Environmental Protection Agency. Shell is now asking the EPA to loosen these air-quality standards, which are mandated to protect public health and the environment, so that it can rush forward with its plans to drill for oil in the Arctic this summer.
"Shell's tactic of agreeing to certain standards to get a permit and then reneging at the eleventh hour is highly suspect," said Center for Biological Diversity Alaska Director Rebecca Noblin. "If Shell gets its wish, the air standards that are in place to protect the Arctic people and environment will be wiped away without any public process. The EPA has a responsibility to the American people to hold Shell to its promises and refuse this last-minute waiver."
In its June 28 revised permit application, Shell requested the EPA allow a threefold increase in nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from the Noble Discoverer. It also requested a tenfold increase in harmful particulate matter emissions from its spill-response vessel Nanuq. Although Shell has known for more than a year that its drillship cannot meet the permit standards, the company's ships were already Arctic-bound when it announced its intention not to comply.
"This is strike three for Shell," Noblin said. "In the past month the company has gone back on promises regarding oil-spill response, Arctic weather preparedness and now air emissions. The Obama administration should send Shell back to the bench."
Although Shell's oil-spill response plan relies on the company's stated ability to clean up 95 percent of spilled oil at the source, Shell has recently stated that it will merely "encounter" 95 percent of spilled oil, not clean it up. And just last week Shell admitted that its spill response vessel Arctic Challenger cannot meet the required Arctic weather preparedness standards.
The U.S. Coast Guard is currently considering Shell's request for laxer weather preparedness standards, and the EPA is considering Shell's request to waive its air-quality permit. In addition, the Interior Department's Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has not yet issued Shell's final permits to drill.
The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation organization with more than 375,000 members and online activists dedicated to the protection of endangered species and wild places.
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A Prayerful Guide
Hugh McNichol recommends Adventures in Daily Prayer by Bert Ghezzi.
Experiencing the Power of God's Love
By Bert Ghezzi
Brazos Press, 2010
160 pages, $17.99
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Personal prayer is something that unites all human beings in pursuit of a relationship with God.
In his book, Adventures in Daily Prayer: Experiencing the Power of God's Love, Bert Ghezzi provides a delightful and meaningful recollection of his methodology for achieving a prayerful relationship with God in his daily life.
Ghezzi, a popular author and speaker who has written some 20 books, indicates through his own personal experiences and his own spiritual journey the methods of prayer that have been successful in his own development and shares them with his readers. Most significantly, the book allows us to participate in the spiritual exercises of Ghezzi: Anecdotes culled from four decades of his own life reveal how he honed his personal prayer experiences by use of the Eucharist, sacred Scripture, communal prayer and private prayer. At the end of each chapter, Ghezzi invites the reader to participate personally in this prayerful adventure with three points: Think. Pray. Act.
Using these three points of reference, the author illustrates both the multidimensional aspects of prayer, including the personal, communal and meditative, and how that dynamic activity becomes part of an individual's daily work and activities.
Various topics that contribute to his exploration of the subject include turning oneself completely over to God, living in God's presence, praying in the Spirit, praying with Scripture, praying for others and prayer and Christian growth.
With each topic, Ghezzi provides stories from his own life and prayer experiences, and reflects on how these experiences led him into a deeper, more prayerful relationship with God, the Church and the people with whom he shares his life and faith.
Throughout the book, Ghezzi provides practical examples of prayer techniques that overcome spiritual obstacles and personal struggles. The author offers examples of devotional prayers, scriptural references, usage of the Psalms and writings by Church Fathers that can become instruments for an effective personal prayer routine and closer relationship with God.
Most striking is the honest and simple way the author recounts his experiences of success and failure in personal prayer. The author's methodology is really one that shares tried-and-true techniques that have been successful for him, in the hopes that the reader will share similar satisfaction and appreciate prayer as an ever-changing adventure rather than an obligation.
In reading this work, it becomes very clear that the process of prayer is one that constantly evolves and changes, becoming more effective and satisfying over periods of personal and spiritual growth. Sharing his personal journey of prayer, Ghezzi invites all of us to take part in the prayerful adventure he himself has experienced.
Hugh J. McNichol writes from Wilmington, Delaware.
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Mary Claire Cheney (born March 14, 1969) is the second daughter of Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, and his wife, Lynne Cheney.
Cheney attended McLean High School in McLean, Virginia, graduating in the class of 1987. Following that, she attended Colorado College, her mother's alma mater, in Colorado Springs, Colorado and graduated in 1991. She earned a graduate business degree from the University of Denver in 2002.
In 1993, she became one of the first employees of the Colorado Rockies baseball team, working in promotions when the team began playing in Denver. Thereafter she was a public relations manager for the Coors Brewing Company and worked as a gay and lesbian outreach coordinator, helping to end a national gay boycott of Coors.


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Half-Life 2 is one of VALVE's creations besides cancer of the solar plexus. It features everyone's favorite four-eyed mute: Gordon Freeman. The Earth has been taken over by the Harvester Combine and now playing as Gordon Freeman, armed only with a crowbar and an over-powered .357 pistol, must go and blow shit up without saying a word.
Half-Life 2 is also known as Half-Life: Quarter Life (because a second half-life is technically equal to half of the first, thus ), a "super 1337" first-person shooter game that is a sequel, oddly enough, to the game "Half-Life 3".
Because of this unusual order of game titles in this series, many hardcore gamers committed suicide, believing that time and space has reversed, and that they will eventually turn back into sperms. Thus, the release date of this game, November 16, 2004, is forever known as the infamous "Day of Holy Crap, Time is Going Backwards, Kill Yourself Before it is Too Late-day." Unfortunately, for the game's developers, Ugly Spigot, the fan base for Half-Life 2 was sharply reduced by 95%. Some may argue that this tragic incident was a result of improper product advertising, but others believe that this event was an example of Natural Selection (not the mod, of course.) The labs are currently pointing to a massive harpooning of the fans.
The Release[edit]
After 31 years in development and endless hours of forced labor by small orphans in Canada, the game was successfully released to the lucky 5% of the fans who have not killed themselves in the fury of confusion. Unfortunately again for the product's developers, the remaining fanbase have turn old and senile due to the fact these people were the only gamers who bothered to wait all those long years and the 3,568 announced delays of Half-Life 2's release. Of the 5%, 65% of that group have lost their vision due to health problems and/or the lengthy stay in the basements of some relative's house for almost all their lives. Or perhaps due to the intake of several gallons of Mountain Dew.Another cause of this "Half-Life Blindness" was the almost unheard of amount of masturbation among fans. however, who can feel sorry for them, would you fuck someone who played Half-Life? There are two types of public distribution for this game. One involved the usage of an online program called "Steamy Crap." This program decided whether or not the customer is worthy of receiving the product he/she already paid for. In order to make this decision, "Steamy Crap" forced the user to undergo certain trials to see if he/she has mental stability and strength. The customer had to survive while watching 80 minutes of homosexual pornography, 75 minutes of a movie involving sexual acts done to animals and, lastly, the same 80 minutes of homosexual pornography previously seen but with the music of the Backstreet Boys played loudly in the background. Sadly, many gamers did not survive the program's trials, and, as a consequence for their failure, they did not receive Half-Life 2. The other distribution practice for this game involved retail stores and departments. The boxes of "Half-Life 2" are covered with sharp razors and thrown violently at consumers, using the Gravity Gun. Don't drink the water, they put something in it, to make you forget.
PLEASE NOTE: The original makers of Half-Life, "Vulva" were abducted by the Vortigaunt slaves and subjected to torture by Poison headcrabs and eating spiders for advocating the senseless killing of Alien race as a result of violating the terms set by SETI, Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence?
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During the production of the game, there was a little 10-year-old boy who will not be named for fear of infringement on some kind of law. He claims to have worked with Vulva, and was fired shortly after the release of CounterSomething and its expansion pack, CounterSomething 2: With Tanks, because of extreme incompetence and shaking his desk loudly every five minutes yelling, "EARTHQUAKE!" The joke never caught on, and he was shortly afterwards replaced. The devlopers also gave a warning that can be found on the case. They said "as said in the title "Half Life" once you play this game you will lose half of your life. The remaing half will be put in to the forms, chat rooms, eating and getting high. You will never be laid again and if you play this game a virgin you will be a virgin for the rest of your life.
The mystique of G-Man traces back to the original Half-Life. Throughout the course of the game, Gordon Freeman will see, as a result of his heavy inhalation of hallucinogenic substances to his body, G-man, who stands by observing (lustily) his completion of rape, murder, and solving cool puzzles. G-man wears a trademark blue Versace suit and always carries a briefcase. It is rumored that inside his briefcase are 700 pounds of Colombian children. (What?) Though Sancho has failed to comment, we're sure it's his. It is widely believed that the 'G' in G-man stands for God, while the 'man' stands for Mandingo. Some sad assholes, having spent their lifes dedicated to tracking down the G-man, have compiled that it is Gordon Freeman from the future. Why has he travelled back in time? Because he wants to rape himself. The G-man, as well as observing you hungrily, enjoys masterbating in that spot where you just can't reach him. Other people suspected of being the G-man include:
- Brian Ferry
- Oscar Wilde
- Meatwad
- Yo Mama
- Alyx Vance
- Alyx Vance from the future
- Alyx Vance from the past
- Morgan Freeman
- Mr. Gillham (which is Gman's Italian racing driver/bannana picker/2nd cousin)
- Gordon Freeman
Although Half-Life 2 did ship with multiplayer, fans can access the
mods games "HL2: Pimpmatch", and "CounterSkunk: Whores".
HL2: Pimpmatch[edit]
In Pimpmatch you can be the Pimp you always wanted to be, but your mom didn't let you, by tossing toilets and sinks around the arena. You should be very careful though cause gasmasked butt-kicker team is always there to put you down with their vibrating weapons. By killing bitches, CP's and pulling wings off flys you get score and you advance in Top Pimp and you can buy new parts to your virtual pimp mobile and buy new bling.
Special Game mode:
- Snatch My Bitch Up: Is when 2 rival pimps try to steal each others bitches and bring them to their base safely. Having sex with opponents bitches on opponents base gets bonus points and more bling. and then gang rape a toad for extra points.
CounterSkunk: Whores[edit]
More tactical than the simple pleasures of HL2: Pimpmatch, CounterSkunk is a game in which drugged up special forces twitch maniacally around corners to shoot their enemy in the groin before the same happens to themselves. This is known as a 'Cockshot', and is an instant kill.
While trying to gun each other down, players can also score bonus points by 'planting the weed' or by 'doping up'. This gives players extra cash at the start of the next round, to spend on hoes, bling and firearms.
There's also this one part of the game called "Shut the Fuck Up"
Steam was a revolution in gaming technology. Taking 86.5 years of development, the team behind the Human Genome Project took some time in order to create Steam. Many hardcore kids the age ranging from 4 to 35 stalk the community pages spreading rumors and threats of raping your mother. Statistics show that 10 out of 7 people on Steam have been a rape victim in the past or near future.
Steam is also comparable to many other consoles such as the Xbox 360, XBox 359, PS3 Grill, and Bill Cosby. The ability to buy and download games directly to your computer is convenient, but the fact that the transfer speed is 5-bytes a second may result in you going outside and laughing at babies that are being aborted.
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Audio samples of all the tracks that will appear on "Unbreakable", the new album from German power metallers PRIMAL FEAR, can be streamed at Amazon.de. Due on January 24, 2012 in the U.S. via Frontiers Records,the CD was tracked in part at House Of Music studios in Winterbach, Germany with producer/bassist Mat Sinner and engineer Achim Köhler (EDGUY, MASTERPLAN).
According to a press release, "Unbreakable" "combines the skills of the strongest PRIMAL FEAR lineup ever with a well-balanced 'back-to-the-roots" vibe and an ambitious learning process during their longest tour so far. Classic and ultra-fresh PRIMAL FEAR riff-rockers like 'Strike', 'Give 'Em Hell' or the high-speed track 'And There Was Silence' will hit the bulls-eye, like the rhythm paced metal anthem, first single and new video clip 'Bad Guys Wear Black'. Less experiments, more rock! But there will be a nine-minute epic journey with a lot prog approach named 'Where Angels Die', a classic wonderful ballad 'Born Again' and the melodic power bomb 'Metal Nation'."
Commented singer Ralf Scheepers: "The plan was to record an album for the fans with rough metal riffs, screaming vocals and good melodies ...and finally it became a monster — a tough 'bang-your-head' metal album called 'Unbreakable'."
"Unbreakable" track listing:
01. Unbreakable (Part 1)
02. Strike
03. Give 'Em Hell
04. Bad Guys Wear Black
05. And There Was Silence
06. Metal Nation
07. Where Angels Die
08. Unbreakable (Part 2)
09. Marching Again
10. Born Again
11. Blaze Of Glory
12. Conviction
13. Night Of The Jumps (Bonus Track)*
14. Bad Guys Wear Black (Video)*
* Only available in the first pressing in digipak
The digital-only single "Bad Guys Wear Black" was made available for download on December 5. The single also includes "Metal Nation" in an exclusive single mix.
Regarding the musical direction of the new PRIMAL FEAR album, Ralf Scheepers told Greece's Rock Overdose, "You can really expect an album which is somehow skipping back again to the very basics of PRIMAL FEAR, with very rough metal riffs and screaming vocals and good melodies on it. So people can really expect a pure PRIMAL FEAR album with melody and beating drums and very harsh guitars."
He added, "Of course, every musician will somehow advertise his own album, but I'm really convinced that people will like this one, because it's got very catchy hooklines and it's a really 'bang-your-head' metal album.
"When you look back on the [PRIMAL FEAR] back catalog, from the very first album to this album now, I think there were quite some changes — on 'Seven Seals', for instance, and also when we came [out with] 'New Religion'. We somehow now have a combination in between a good, bombastic sound with more back-to-the-basics guitar riffing stuff. Also we have two ballads on it, which are not [really] ballads. There's one mid-tempo song with some acoustic guitars in it and one song which has a little bit more keyboards. It's still not an acoustic-guitar ballad— it's still with drums and stuff — so I think it's a pretty tough album [overall]."
PRIMAL FEAR recently asked fans to submit suggestions for the new CD title and received more than 500 responses.
"Metal Nation" audio stream:
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New Zealand Post, wishes to inform the designated operators of UPU member countries that, owing to a damaged fuel pipeline at Auckland Airport, New Zealand oil companies are rationing fuel supplies to all airlines, leading to the cancellation of some domestic and Trans-Tasman air operations. Moreover, some long-haul services are making extra stopovers to refuel outside Auckland.
The operator of the pipeline (Refining New Zealand) has estimated that the pipeline will take between 10 and 14 days to fix.
At this stage, the impacts are quite fluid and changing rapidly.
Outbound international mail is flowing with no current restrictions, but with some additional stopovers en route.
New Zealand Post recommends that UPU members liaise with their airline partners relating to mail transit into Auckland.
New Zealand Post thanks all designated operators for their understanding.


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Today is the 12th Annual Space Day, an event that's jointly hosted by NASA and Lockheed Martin, held each year on the first of May. This year's theme is titled : 'Celebrating Human Space Flight: Past, Present and Future'.
Despite the event's name, the activities will actually continue through May 2nd, where there will be a celebration at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. Astronauts from the recent Shuttle mission, STS-119, will be present, and there will be a live broadcast from the International Space Station.
The overall focus of this event is education, and as such, schools and civic groups have been invited and encouraged to participate. According to NASA, there will be educational activities at the museum from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. EDT.
More information can be found here : http://www.spaceday.org
Image from the South Dakota Space Grant Consorteum, 2002


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text: Plumbing supplies such as bathroom fixtures, faucets, drains, pipe, fittings, and plumbing hardware are used to build and maintain plumbing systems. Ball valves, check valves, and other plumbing valves are used for controlling flow, pressure, and temperature in commercial, residential, and industrial plumbing systems. Filters, strainers, and other filtration equipment remove unwanted chemicals and contaminants from a water supply. Electric or gas water heaters provide hot water for buildings.


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At Hill People Gear, we like skis for traveling and snowshoes for working in the winter. We also like simple general purpose solutions to backcountry problems. For that reason, we favor older style alpine touring bindings on our waxless backcountry skis. You can use any boot with a toe and heel welt and use DIN releasable settings to save your knees in a crash among other advantages. Swiss military surplus Fritschi FT-88 are the first choice, but Ramer bindings by Alpine Research are also readily available in military and civilian versions.
Somewhere along the line we came across the original Alpine Research instructions for mounting, adjusting, and troubleshooting Ramer bindings. For those of you rocking Ramer bindings, here are the instructions.
To download Ramer ski binding instructions, click here.


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The IBM developerWorks site has a new article posted that talks about design patterns, five of them in particular, that can help to "accelerate your PHP development" and make your code more maintainable down the line.
As an application developer, you can have a lifelong career without ever knowing what any of the patterns are called or how or when they're used. However, I've found that a good working knowledge of these patterns, as well as those introduced in the developerWorks article "Five common PHP design patterns" (see Resources), allows you to do two things: Enable high-bandwidth conversations and reduce painful lessons.
The patterns they talk about in this "five more" article of the series are:
- Adapter Pattern
- Iterator Pattern
- Decorator Pattern
- Delegate Pattern
- State Pattern
Diagrams are provided for each of them, showing how they flow along with brief code examples (structures really) to show how that transitions over to actual use.


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Spring Egg Hunt
The North Laurel Community Center's second annual Spring Egg Hunt will be held beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road. Children ages 2 to 10 can bring their baskets to collect eggs and enjoy prizes and craft time. The hunt begins promptly at 3:15 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Tickets are $7 per child for center members and $10 per child for nonmembers. Information: 410-313-0390.
Bluegrass music
Savage Bluegrass plays at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 26, at Sam and Elsie's Bar and Restaurant in Laurel. No cover charge. Information: 301-317-7796.
Blood drive
Laurel Regional Hospital, in conjunction with the American Red Cross, will hold a blood drive from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, in the J.R. Jones Conference Room, 7300 Van Dusen Road in Laurel. Donors should be healthy, 17 or older, and weigh at least 110 pounds. To schedule an appointment, call 301-497-7914. Walk-ins welcome.
Saturday night movies
Monthly movie screenings designed for family viewing will be shown at 6 p.m. at the North Laurel Community Center, 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road. Each ticket includes popcorn and a drink. Registration is open for the spring and summer movie lineup. Tickets are $4 per person; $2 for center members; free for children 4 and younger but must be registered. Information: 410-313-0390.
•April 20: "We Bought a Zoo" (PG)
Montpelier tours
Montpelier Mansion, 9650 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, offers tours at the following times:
•Self-guided: year-round, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursdays-Tuesdays.
•Guided: Sundays at noon, 1 p.m., 2 p.m. Information: 301-377-7817.
50+ Center events
Events at the North Laurel 50+ Center, 9411 Whiskey Bottom Road. Information: 410-313-0380:
Walking Club 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Mondays through Fridays.
Blood pressure screenings 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays.
Open Art Studio Noon to 4 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
Billiards 9 a.m. to noon Mondays through Fridays.
Sit, Stitch and Give 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays.
Line Dance Drop-in 11 a.m. to noon Tuesdays; $1.
Mah-jongg 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays.
Agewell Exercise Class 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; $35 for 16 classes.
Enhance Fitness 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; $51 for 16 classes.
Sittercize 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; $36 for 16 classes.
Chair Yoga Traditional yoga poses are done seated in a chair or standing while using a chair for support and stability. $33 for six classes.
Hand-building with Clay 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays; $42 for four classes.


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For only $29.99* you can replace the mess of paper chord charts in binders with a digital, interactive, solution that's always organized.
OnSong works with the formats and services that you use. Even write your own music in the app or import.
With the AirTurn wireless foot pedal, you can flip between your songs without taking your hands or focus off your music.
Need to change the key of a song at the last minute? No problem. Any key with a swipe of a finger.
* Prices shown in U.S. dollars and is adjusted for international app stores and exchange rates.


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From coast to rainforest and outback beyond, the type of flock will change but if you stay still you might be lucky enough to spot an Albert's Lyrebird, Buff-Breasted Kingfisher, Golden Bowerbird, emus, wild lorikeets or the Palm Cockatoo.
Oh, squawking of cockatoos, these guys are quite cocky and have been known to pinch bikinis from resort balconies!
If you're keen to take a David Attenborough-style break and want to see Queensland birds in the wild, clean your binocular lenses and check out some of our favourite twitcher locations. Otherwise, there are loads of opportunities to meet, greet and feed birds across the state with your family.


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We found 1 episode of Opposable Thumbs with the tag "bespoke".
Episode 9: Jigs
July 3rd, 2017 | 1 hr 15 mins
"ice cube" relays, acrylic, ants, bespoke, breaker, bubbles, cnc, dog bowls, ice picks, jigs, laser cutters, modernist, rusty cans, shop vac, terrariums, toaster ovens, vacuum tube
Matthew Steinke is our guest this week! Austin, Texas in tha house! Jigs is our topic! We cipher on Matt's forays into robotic music making, radio transmissions, terrariums, art objects and weird retail experiences.
Taylor synthesizes CNC prototyping, mold-making, felting and leather-working to create something even cooler than a bespoke modernist CNC dog bowl. And you thought it wasn't possible! Matt wields shop vac, laser cutter and toaster oven while chasing the allure of bubbles, "ice cube" relays, and vacuum tubes. Rob just might have a way to conquer his giant pile of rusty cans ... ... ... or he will get tetanus and be in a lot of pain. Taylor busts out an amazing Frieza impression. "This isn't even my final form!"
Share an episode and we'll send you a sticker! Just let us know how you shared an episode of the podcast and send your address to us at firstname.lastname@example.com
A big shoutout to Nik, our top Patreon patron! Thank you Nik! Nik, Kelly and Luke are like... like... Charlie's Angels but with additional cool psychic powers and breakdancing prowess!
We post photos, videos and other cool stuff related to our projects at http://projects.opposablepodcast.com and we're on Instagram at http://instagram.com/opposable_podcast. Thanks for listening!


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|ISS020-E-039193 (8 Sept. 2009) --- Backdropped by a colorful part of Earth, Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-128) is featured in this image photographed by an Expedition 20 crew member on the International Space Station soon after the shuttle and station began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 2:26 p.m. (CDT) on Sept. 8, 2009. The Leonardo Multi-Purpose Logistics Module is visible in Discovery's cargo bay.
Curator: JSC PAO Web Team | Responsible NASA Official: Amiko Kauderer | Updated: 11/13/2012


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Ben Aqua, NEVER LOG OFF, 2013 (Limited edition t-shirt designed for #FEELINGS)
We are no longer mostly dealing with information that is transmitted form a source to a receiver, but increasingly also with informational dynamics—that is with the relation between noise and signal, including fluctuations and microvariations, entropic emergences and negentropic emergences, positive feedback and chaotic processes. If there is an informational quality to contemporary culture, then it might be not so much because we exchange more information than before, or even because we buy, sell or copy informational commodities, but because cultural processes are taking on the attributes of information—they are increasingly grasped and conceived in terms of their informational dynamics.
- Tiziana Terranova, Network Culture: Politics for the Information Age
Post internet[1], post media [2], post media aesthetics[3], radicant art[4], dispersion[5], formatting[6], meme art[7], circulationism[8]—all recent terms to describe networked art that does not use the internet as its sole platform, but instead as a crucial nexus around which to research, transmit, assemble, and present data, online and offline. I think all of the writers advancing these terms share a sense that since the rise of mainstream internet culture and social media, art is more fluid, elastic, and dispersed. As Lauren Cornell astutely points out in the recent "Post Internet" roundtable for Frieze, terms are always placeholders for more complex ideas, and when successful, can instigate further, deeper conversation. Towards that end, I'd like to introduce another word to the list—expanded. Drawing from the definition of expansion as "the action or process of spreading out or unfolding; the state of being spread out or unfolded," I consider "expansion" not as an outward movement from a fixed entity, but rather, in light of data's dispersed nature, a continual becoming.[9] Expanded internet art is not viewed as hermetic, but instead as a continuously multiple element that exists within a distributed, networked system. In order to elaborate this term, and to take small steps towards thinking through the changing conditions for art production in the early 21st century, I will use Tiziana Terranova's notion of an "informational milieu" to describe the dynamic process of exchange among artist, artwork, and network.


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A closer look at the risk management insurance program as the Nov. 30 sales period approaches.
By Ron Mortensen, Dairy Gross Margin, LLC and Advantage Ag Strategies, Ltd.
The Livestock Gross Margin (LGM) for Dairy October sales period covered 20.6 million cwt. of milk. This is significant considering that CME Class III milk (December to September 2013) has 30.2 million cwt. of open interest. Once again, the LGM-Dairy concept has encouraged producers to manage risk. Remember, the open interest at the CME includes hedges from dairymen and long hedges from commercial interest and speculators.
Ten million dollars in subsidy money will be available for Nov. 30, 2012, and subsequent months if it is not used in Nov. 30, 2012. In October, $4.8 million was used. The most milk was covered in Wisconsin, Minnesota and California. Wisconsin dairymen covered almost 6.4 million cwt., or 31% of the total. Minnesota was 14.5% and California was 13.3% of the total.
Margins for November will not be set until Nov. 30, 2012, but halfway through the month, it looks like there will be a slight decrease in margins. As of Nov. 15, the low corn and meal margins slipped by $.17 per cwt. The biggest change was in the first few months. The projected margins have flattened out. See the first chart below. The second chart is from October, which shows stronger margins in the first months. Remember, the next time LGM-Dairy can be purchased is Nov. 30, 2012.
November Margins
October Margins
Think of 2013 as a long football game. It will take lots of good, sound plays. Each play does not have to be a touchdown. You will have to put together three plays to get a first and ten. Yes, you will need to score, but a consistent game plan can keep you in the game. Coaches, players and stakeholders all need to be on the same game plan. Develop the plays. Review the plays. Execute the plays.
The plays:
Review your operation's breakeven, feed inventory and financial situation. What financial ratios are important to your lender? An important number in the short term would be your current ratio (divide current assets by current liabilities).
Mitigate feed price volatility. If your operation still needs to make feed purchases, consider corn call options or meal call options—whatever is required.
Sell some milk with cash contracts or futures if prices are over your breakeven. Remember to include an estimate of basis (the difference between the futures price and your cash price) when evaluating sales.
Include milk put options or LGM-Dairy to cover milk price volatility. You will want to have a high percentage of your risk to be covered with options or LGM-Dairy. Why? If margins do get better down the road, you will benefit from higher profits. You need these higher margins in the form of profits to flow to the operation.
Ron Mortensen is principal of Dairy Gross Margin, LLC, an agency that specializes in LGM-Dairy products, and owner of Advantage Strategies, Ltd., a commodity trading advisor. Contact him at [email protected] or visit www.dairygrossmaragin.com.


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It's quite easy to say that 2010 was the year of the Internet:
- Facebook was made into a film called "The Social Network"
- Twitter grew to new heights
- Photoshop was a superstar in more than once instance for making people beautiful…or lack there of…
- New non-partisan organization, No Labels, replicated another organization's logo and Gothamist caught it
- Mashable held their Summit
- YouTube launched a few careers
But most of all, people connected, shared and helped one another.
The Internet became the place to make important announcements and before the world new it, online was the new, ultimate "it" place.
On December 14, 2010 Twitter came out with their "Most Powerful Tweets of 2010" — it's definitely worth a look to see the true power of what makes viral — simply that, viral.
1 – Ann Curry
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The next big topic for today is my new lip balm named Just A Kiss by Hpospatreatments I just have to gently slide this balm on my lips and it melts right into my lips. My lips feel hydrated and nourished and they don't look greasy just like the web site states. Check out the ingredients -shea butter, honey, virgin coconut oil and avocado oil. I'm not even done yet because this $5.00 balm also has spf which we spoke about earlier this summer. I love knowing that my lips are protected as they glisten. I will be reviewing more products from this natural company very soon.
In the comment section yesterday Brownee mentioned that she is looking for a good protein treatment other than Aveda/Fekkai. I do like the MOP protein treatment but I have since moved on the the fortifying hair mask by Shescentit (smells good) as well as the Moisture Protein conditioner from Hairveda.com. I have heard great things about Methi Sativa Protein Tea (also from Hairveda) and I do own it but I have yet to use it. As described on the hairveda site "Methi Sativa, is a unique blend of infused herbs, botanics and wheat protein, was made to restore lost protein to your hair and strengthen it over time. " Another big one on the market is the Aphogee 2 minute Keratin reconstructor. I used this product once and I thought it was ok but I plan on trying it again which is why I didn't post on it yet.
Everyone please weigh in and list your favorite protein treatments.
Thanks for reading everyone.
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OTTAWA – Former Alberta premier Ralph Klein will be made an Officer of the Order of Canada today at Calgary city hall.
Klein is battling a form of dementia and no longer makes public appearances, so Gov.-Gen. David Johnston will present the award to a member of Klein's family.
Johnston said in a news release last week that Klein made "lasting contributions to the province of Alberta and to public life in Canada."
Klein was elected leader of Alberta's Progressive Conservative Party on Dec. 5, 1992 and was sworn in as Alberta's 12th premier nine days later.
He then led the party to victory in 1993 and again in 1997 and 2001.
Prior to entering provincial politics, Klein served three terms as mayor of Calgary, starting in 1980 after a career in the media.


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Strava stops recording mid-ride
The version 38.0.0 for Android stops randomly recording while riding. This results to long straight lines with a large part of the ride missing.
The version 38.0.0 for Android stops randomly recording while riding. This results to long straight lines with a large part of the ride missing.
I have had the same issue for some time now. Am using version 41.0.0 on Android 8.1.0. The whole app seems to stop working midway and continues first after it has been re-opened. I have informed Strava support but they weren't able to fix this yet.
Version 42.0.0 for Android does the same. I'm missing near 10 km from my ride. Is there any fix?
Yes, I am experiencing this too.
Tried reinstalling, still faulty. Currently trying beta 44.0.0
I'm having a similar issue. on an hour long ride the time shows 5 minutes and some mileage with long straight lines!
I have same issue. after 15 - 20 min, app stops running!
Did any one get this issue resolved. Happened with my wife's phone then with my phone. Seems to me like the touch screen must never be touched during the recording time. If the phone is in my pocket or bag it stop recording and draw straight lines. If I run with my phone in my hand it's fine.
Did any one get this issue resolved. Happened with my wife's phone then with my phone. Seems to me like the touch screen must never be touched during the recording time. If the phone is in my pocket or bag it stop recording and draw straight lines. If I run with my phone in my hand it's fine.
It seems that it has to do with the deep sleep function of Android 7 or higher. In iOS this does not happen, but in android I have monitored it and found that when the device falls into deep sleep, many functions, gps included, get halted. I could disable the deep sleep feature in nougat, but it caused the battery to drain down to 10% after just 4 hours.
I have not solved my issue yet. I have changed my battery settings, system settings etc, however it keeps shotting down between 30 and 45 min. after starting recording. It is a bit frustrating, and I will look for another app if not resolved soon.
Same issue for me. Strava app is crasching (interrupting any track recording) after not well defined time (from 10 to 30 minutes), It happened after the upgrade to Android Oreo. It is frustrating !
Nokia N6 with Oreo 8.1. Strava all versions released since a couple of months.
Does anyone know a workaround or a solution for it
this DOES happen in ios version, too. I was 16 hours into a ride, and it started freezing up. No other apps open, i had to keep touching the screen to keep it alive or it just froze, restarted, and I got the dreaded straight line - which was unfortunate for me, since my ride was basically a 1 mile loop.
I have the same issue on my Nokia 6.1 (Android 8.1.0) with Strava v 53.0.1. Strava has never worked on this phone and always crashes half way through a recording. Same thing happens with Runtastic Road Bike Tracker. Recording on Google Fit works fine though so that's what I have to use currently although I'd much prefer to use Strava
Same problem as others. Seems to be fine running but fails during rides. Nokia 6, Android 8.1
It makes using Strava pointless
Has anyone received an update on this? This is the worst experience. Rode 40 miles, Strava logs 6 at 49 miles per hour. WTF... Come on man..
The issue is related to all Nokia Phones with Android 8.x.
Here is reported the issue:
Here a workaround:
Let me know if it is working also for you.
Same problem! Huawei P10 Lite - Android 8.0.0. Very frustrating!
I still get the problem.
It's the core functionally of Strava!
They really need to sort it.
I done a race today.and started recording at the start. Checked a wile later and it only recorded a little section. Started a new recording and it done the same thing. Maybe because the phone was in my left pocket and not the usual right pocket.
for android go to settings > battery > energy saver > strava and UNCHECK the following
:freeze when in backround
:automatically optimize when an abnormally is detected
go back to main screen and access your gps settings (usually you can long press the gps icon in your shortcut screen)
set your positioning mode to :device only.
hope this helps
I am having the same issue.. I have done some "investigating" as to what is causing this problem.
AND HERE'S what I found... It's nothing the user is doing wrong and nothing wrong with your phone...
The problem is the stop button is extremely sensitive to touch..
I road bike and put my phone in a clear plastic pouch... If I for some reason even touch the plastic to hard it pushes against the stop button and you get the dreaded straight red line..
I also mtn bike with a different pouch, sometimes during a rough ride if the phone jiggles around, the inside of the pouch will touch the stop button and again the dreaded red line..
I also hike with my phone in my pocket and as the phone moves around it again randomly stops recording as it brushes against my leg ...
I have suggested to Strava HOW THEY CAN FIX THIS ISSUE... Make the record button an up and down slid similar to a lot of smart phones... I believe up and down would be better than side to side..
I also suggested they change screen colours when changing a feature.. eg.. when you start to record the screen would have a green bar on top instead of the ever present red... When it goes to auto-pause perhaps a voilet and when you stop the recording it reverts back to Red....
I haven't heard back from Strava if they are even considering these type of improvements.. But it's nice to know I'm not the only one with the problem...
HOPEFULLY STRAVA WILL PROVIDE A FUTURE UPDATE WITH some of the listed suggestions...
Try this and see if it helps.
On pure Android (e.g., 8.1):
Settings->Battery->Strava->BatteryOptimisation: not optimised
BackgroundActivity: can run
Settings->Security&location Location on, high accuracy
Strava works on my Nexus with Android 8.1. You may want to do the same for Gmail if you aren't getting notified of emails.
Will check on Nokia 6 2018 Android One 8.1 soon. I think it does concern Android deep sleep/battery saving/memory saving.
On Xiaomi try this:
Or look for similar settings options for your manufacturer-modified Android.
Just spotted this great idea a couple of posts above this one.
I've tried everything else, so going to give it a go. It makes perfect sense to me!
Thanks to Janez Groselj
Press the "running apps" button (usually the left of the three buttons on the bottom of your phone or long-press the menu button if you only have the one) and lock strava app to prevent it from being automatically killed if your phone starts to run low on RAM.
If your RAM is running low your phone starts to kill running apps and locking an app prevents it from being killed. Strava is quite the memory hog so it's not surprising the phone decides to kill it if it's running out of free RAM.
You can also find an option in "developer settings" in your phone to change the memory optimization to be less aggressive with killing apps to free up RAM.
Please add a setting that allows only a user to stop and start Strava (that is, an on an off switch). My experience is that the application randomly decides to shut down.
I had high hopes that the android upgrade from Oreo to Pie (9.0) on the Nokia 6.1 would solve this issue, but unfortunately that's not the case.
So kind people at Strava, what are you going to do about this; will you finally offer a solution or should I just look for an alternative service to track rides?
Kind regards,
Strava ran fine on my old phone. Having recently changed to a Huawei Honor 9 Lite with Android 8.0.0, I have had the same problem described by many above where my phone just stops tracking my movement. Searches through the internet gave me this as a possible solution:
On the phone, go to...
- Settings
- Apps & notifications
- Apps
- Settings (bottom icon)
- Special access
- Ignore battery optimisation
- Push "Allowed" and select "All apps"
- Select "Strava" and mark "Allow"
I have tried this and it did not provide a solution. I also saw a recommendation to switch off the Display Sleep function which is done:
This seems to have worked although I have not tried it enough times to be sure. However, I presume this will make a greater drain on the battery which needs to be avoided.
I'm not convinced that the suggestion made above that the problem is caused by the sensitivity of the Stop button is correct. In my experience, the recording has just stopped after a short distance cycling. I have my phone in a case and carried in a saddlebag.
Whatever the cause, it would be welcome if Strava did something about it as it seems to be a significant problem.
Looking into this, I found that it has to do with the deep sleep feature (doze) of the Android 7 and later OSes. When the device goes into deep sleep all software gets halted (frozen) and resumes upon new user activity.
On 8.1 turning off the battery optimization works fine for me, but on my older Nougat phone that option seems to be ignored.
@Janez Grošelj
I have recordings problems now for 2 months.
Like someone said before there is "stop" button problem, I can easly deny that.
I think I found a solution in relation with battery optimization with gps signal. So, I found in Setting>battery>settings(menu in the right top corner) there you need to turn off everything in relation with anykind of savings.
I will report if it works for some period
Huawei p9
TRY THIS FOR ANDROID, if Strava goes to sleep during your run or records your run as a few straight lines:
Go to: Settings > Device Maintenance > Battery. Then set the Power Saving Mode to OFF.
Good Luck and happy running!
This problem has occurred on many versions of Strava multiple major versions of Android and on multiple phones.In my experience it is related to waking the phone and doing something while recording like snapping a picture. I've tried all of the battery and power options in the above conditions and none of them correct the problem. My only work around is carrying 2 phones. Strava - please investigate. There are a lot of us with this critical problem.
I run a OnePlus 5 at OxygenOS 9.0.0 and I successfully fixed it.
I switched the battery-saving mode off as described in many posts above this one. The issue kept re-occuring.
So in addition, I locked the app as described in some post above this one. I did a 60 Min run without any issues.
Although the app was running in the background, meaning when I unlocked my phone I saw it's desktop instead of Strava, the record was complete.
This was only one run, so I'll keep watching. Also I don't know yet whether it's the combination of locking the app and switching off the battery-saving or just the lock.
Edit: It's just me checking back after a week of running. Everything's fine with this config. I didn't have any stops of recording. And that's me, coming from having issues in 100% of runs for weeks!!!
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Fellowship of the Scoot – Part II (Changes in the plan)
In Part I we had made it through wind and rain to our destination in Cottonwood, AZ. As night fell, so did the rain and the temperatures. I checked area forecasts (I love smart phones) and found that 1-2 inches of snow were forecast for Flagstaff and the top of Oak Creek Canyon. Rain with below freezing temps, followed by snow seemed like a potentially dangerous combination for save riding so I started looking at alternate routes.
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This route still took us up to 7000 feet, but at a point about 40 miles south of Flagstaff, plus it would be later in the day before we got there, thus giving the, inevitable, warming temperatures a chance to melt off any precipitation of the frozen persuasion.
To give it a chance to warm up a bit, we took our time getting on the bikes in the morning. We left Cottonwood around 8:30 and rode to Sedona for breakfast. The temperature was about 40 degrees and it was still windy and it looked like it would rain any minute. The drive/ride along Route 89A into Sedona was beautiful. As we were coming into Sedona, the sun was breaking through the clouds and "spotlighting" various rock formations. It was hard trying to catch it with my camera as were riding, but I gave it a shot.
We went to Sedona's famous Coffee Pot Restaurant (Home of 101 Omelettes) for breakfast. There was quite a wait to get our table, but we all enjoyed our food. It was about 10:30am before we pulled out of Sedona but we were warm and full of tasty food. We went to Highway 179 and turned south toward the Village of Oak Creek. Hwy 179 is another very scenic road and is part of the Red Rock Scenic By-Way. It's only 15 miles but there are many, many places where you will want to stop and take pictures.We pulled off at one such place and took a few pics.
We arrived at the junction with I-17, took a deep breath, opened our throttles and merged. I put Warren and his PCX in front so could set the pace. His little Honda had impressed me the day before and continued to do so on this day. We zoomed down to Camp Verde as fast as that little scooter would go.
At Camp Verde, we turned east, onto Route 260, aka the General Crook Trail. From here we climbed from 3600 feet to almost 7000 feet over the next 25 miles, until we were up on the Mogollon Rim. Although we still hadn't been rained on, it was still cold and windy and once on the top of the rim, there were patches of snow on the side of the road. Brrrr! (You'll have to trust me. It was too windy to try and take pics of the snow as we were riding.) Snow and wind aside, road quality on Route 260 and Highway 179 is very good.
Route 260 joins with Route 87 about 33 miles from Camp Verde. This was where we joined our originally planned route.After just a few miles on the top of the Rim, we began the steep descent toward the villages of Strawberry and Pine. Even though the sun had finally shown itself, we were getting pretty chilled, so we stopped in Pine to get fuel and something hot to drink. We stopped at HB's Place where I had my first ever piece of Oatmeal Pie. Wow! It was exceptional.
Now that we were warm again, the sun was out and lower elevations were ahead, we rode out with smiles on our faces and hopes of a bit more adventure before getting back home. We followed Route 87 through Payson until we reached the Junction with Route 188, where we turned toward Roosevelt Lake. We made a brief stop in Pumpkin Center just prior to getting to the lake.
Once to Roosevelt Lake, we stopped at the dam for a rest and some pics. One of these days, I will ride down Route 88 from Roosevelt into Apache Junction. It is unpaved most of the way, so this day was not the day to do it. From the dam it is about 30 miles to Globe, where had decided we would eat our afternoon meal.
After a bit of hunting, we decided to eat at De Marcos, which is right off of Us-60 in Globe. It was dusk as we left the restaurant. One thing I have learned about myself is that I don't like riding mountain roads at dusk or at night. Every shadow starts looking like a deer preparing to leap out at me. This can be quite terrifying at times.
Darkness fell as we turned onto Route 77 for the final stretch toward Tucson. Only 100 more miles to go. I had Warren take the lead again so I had tail lights to focus on rather than shadows. We took a break at Winkelman and had an uneventful ride the rest of the way into Tucson.
From door to door, my odometer showed a total mileage of about 640 miles over the two days. I had a blast and would do it again in a heartbeat. As a matter of fact, since we missed out on Oak Creek Canyon and Flagstaff, we are trying to figure out when we try this again.
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